Red Corner Quotes
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Jack Moore: Why did you risk your life for me if you didn't believe me?
Shen Yuelin: I always assumed the worst about you. I've never questioned. I have always accepted things. It is the same as when I was a child.
Jack Moore: What?
Shen Yuelin: I was blind, I was mute.
Jack Moore: When you were a child, it was during the Cultural Revolution, wasn't it?
Shen Yuelin: Yes.
Jack Moore: What is it?
Shen Yuelin: I went to school, until they closed down and everything went mad. I do not know if you could understand this, Jack Moore.
Jack Moore: Try me.
Shen Yuelin: I... I watched... I watched my father be humiliated, and I said nothing. I watched my father be spat on, I did nothing. I even watched my classmates pour black ink over his head, one after another and after another. What did I do? I hid my head in shame while he was dragged away. I never questioned. I was blind. I'm very sorry that I did not believe your innocence. But now, I do. I do.
Shen Yuelin: I always assumed the worst about you. I've never questioned. I have always accepted things. It is the same as when I was a child.
Jack Moore: What?
Shen Yuelin: I was blind, I was mute.
Jack Moore: When you were a child, it was during the Cultural Revolution, wasn't it?
Shen Yuelin: Yes.
Jack Moore: What is it?
Shen Yuelin: I went to school, until they closed down and everything went mad. I do not know if you could understand this, Jack Moore.
Jack Moore: Try me.
Shen Yuelin: I... I watched... I watched my father be humiliated, and I said nothing. I watched my father be spat on, I did nothing. I even watched my classmates pour black ink over his head, one after another and after another. What did I do? I hid my head in shame while he was dragged away. I never questioned. I was blind. I'm very sorry that I did not believe your innocence. But now, I do. I do.
Ambassador Reed: Your attorney, Shen Yuelin, is at the guard station. She wishes to see you.
Ed Pratt: I would advise no contact. It will only make things harder for her.
Jack Moore: What are you talking about?
Ed Pratt: Yuelin put up your guarantee.
Jack Moore: I thought the embassy put it up.
Ed Pratt: No.
Ambassador Reed: In China, bail has nothing to do with money. It's reputation. To have you released today so that she could prepare a defense, Shen Yuelin put up her career, her future.
Ed Pratt: It was really quite unique.
Ed Pratt: I would advise no contact. It will only make things harder for her.
Jack Moore: What are you talking about?
Ed Pratt: Yuelin put up your guarantee.
Jack Moore: I thought the embassy put it up.
Ed Pratt: No.
Ambassador Reed: In China, bail has nothing to do with money. It's reputation. To have you released today so that she could prepare a defense, Shen Yuelin put up her career, her future.
Ed Pratt: It was really quite unique.
